You seem to have a very limited view of artists. The vast vast majority of artists are not professionals and make no money from their art. The vast majority of

You seem to have a very limited view of artists. The vast vast majority of artists are not professionals and make no money from their art. The vast majority of them also get very little publicity for their arts. Yet they still create. There'd be less art and probably lower quality art however to think people would outright stop making art due to any reason is strange (to use your words).